Lock



Ap'rii 22 1924' A. GOERTZ ET AL LOCK Filed Aug- 24, 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEYS I April 22 A. GOERTZ ET AL LOCK Filed Aug. 24, 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 April 22 1924. 1,491,526

A. GOERTZ ET AL.

LOCK

Filed Aug. 24, 1923. 3 SheetsSheet 3 $1,011 via.

INVENTOR fl ausfeng. S Wade/fez Que ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 22, 1924.

NrrEo AUGUST GOERTZ AND FREDERICK GOERTZ, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO AUGUST GOERTZ & CO., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

' LOCK.

Application filed August 24, 1923. Serial No. 659,085.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, AUGUST Gonarz and FREDERICK Gonn'rz, citizens of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locks; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification This invention relates, generally, to improvements in locks; and, the present invention has reference, more particularly, to a novel construction of lock for use more especially with trunks, suit-cases, travelling bags, and the like. 7

The present invention, therefore, has for its principal object to provide a novel and simply constructed lock of the general character hereinafter more fully set forth, and one in which the various parts are easily and quickly assembled, and are of such arrangement and construction, so that a neat and an effectively operating as well as a readily operated lockconstruction will be the result.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more particularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the present invention.

With the various objects of the present invention in View, the said invention consists, primarily, in the novel lock hereinafter more fully set forth; and, the said invention consists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the said parts, all of which will be more fully described in the following specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claims, which are appended to and which form an essential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a a front elevation of a lock made according to and embodying the principles of the present invention, showing in connection therewith fragmentary portions of the portions of a trunk, or the like, to which the respective parts of the lock are secured; and Figure 2 is a vertical sectional representation of the same, said section being taken on line 2-2 in said Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional representation, taken on line 3-3 in said Figure 2, looking in'the direction of the arrow at; Figurev 4 is a plan view of the main body-plate of the lock; and'Figure 5 is a side view of a shell or casing forming a part of the lock, and oscillatorily disposed upon saidbodyplate.

Figure 6 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, of the lock, said view illus-.

trating the assembled parts of the lock in their locked relation; Figure 7 is a similar tion taken onyline 99 in Fi ure 2- and Figure 10 is a detail sectional representation, taken on line 1010 in said Figure 2.

Figure 11 is a perspective view of the spring-controlled and key-operated bolt of the locking mechanism of the device.

Figures 12 and 13 are sectional representations similar to the section represented in said Figure 10, the respective views illustrating difierent positions of the hasp-en gaging catch of the lock with relation 'to the hasp.

Figures 14, 15 and 16 are views similar to those represented in Figures 6, 7 and 8, showing a slightly modified construction of the lock.,

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the figures of the said drawings, to indicatecorresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the reference-character 1 indicates a fragmen tary portion of the body of a trunk, or the like, and 2 indicates a portion of the lid of the same, said lid being shown with the usual marginal valance 3.

Suitably secured upon said valance, by means of rivets 4, or other suitable fastening means, is a suitably shaped body or element, 5, with which is pivotally connected in any usual manner, as at 6, an ornamental hasp-plate, as 7, which is orovided at its lower end-portion with the snail and rearwardly extending hasp-lug The loch-body proper comprises a suitably termed ornamental plate 9 which is secured by means of rivets 10, or other suitable fastening means, in the proper position upon the body of the trunk, or the like. As shown nore particularly in Figure l of the drawings. the said body-plate 9 is provided with suitably disposed peritorations, as 11, for the reception of the said rivets 10, and is also formed with a circular depression, as 12. the purpose of which will presently be more fully described. The wall-portion 13 of the said body-plate 9 is formed within said depression with lugreceiving slots, as 14;. Other slots, as 15 and 16 may also be provided. The said wall portion. 18 is also made with a hole or perforation 17, and the said wall-portion is further provided with upwardly pro ecting and suitably formed studs or posts, as l8, l9 and 20.

The reference-eharactor 21 indicates a cylindrical shell or member of such size that it may be oscillatorily fitted in the do pression 12 of said body-plate 9, the said shell, in its wall-portion 22 being formed with marginal slots 23, also with an elongated opening or slot, as 24, see Figure 10, into and through which the studs or posts 18 and 19 project, and with another slot or opening, as 25, into and through which the posts 20 projects.

Extending upwardly from the wallp0rtion 22 of the said oscillatorily disposed snell or meinher 21 is loch-stud or post 26, the said wall-portion 22 being provided with another stud or post 27. Attached to this stud or post 27 is one end of a coiled spring 29. the other end or said spi' being secured to the stud or post 90 which extends through the slot or opening tor normally maintaining the said shell or member 21 in its initial position inr'licated in Figures 3, and '7 ot the drawngs.

The wall-portion 22 of the said shell or member 21 has also secured thereon, by .means of rivets 29, or other suitable fastening means. in the proper position, a plate from which extends in an upward direction hookhaped or similar member, as

with which the hasp-lug or loop 8 of the hasp-plate 7 is adapted to be brought into holding engagement. in the manner and for the purposes hereinafter more fully decribed. The said plate 30 may also be provided witl rib 32, in alinement with said hoolesha ed member 31. and having its marg nal edge 33 inclining in a downward direction toward the upper face of the said plate useless 30 and toward the said hook-shaped member 31, substantially as 1llustrated 1n Figrures 9, l3 is of the drawings.

shell 21, when concentrically arranged within the latter shell. so that the two shells provide a box or case, as will be evident, the portion of the said shell 3% forming a top-plate for the said box or case thus produced. The said top-plate 35 is pr0- vided with an elongated opening or slot, as 36, for reception of the previously mentioned hasp-lug or loop 8. In the proper location, the said top-plate 35 is also made with a hole or perforation 37 into which the key-receiving end of a key-post of a locking mechanism, to be presently described, extends, as will be evident from an inspection of the several figures of the drawings. In order that the said shell or member 34 may be fined against rotation within the oscillatory shell or member 21, the said shell 34, as will be seen from Figure 5 of the drawings, is provided with suitably formed marginal fastening lugs, 38, which are passed through the marginal slots 23 of the shell 21 and then inserted and properly upset or riveted over in the correspondingly located slots 1 with which the wall-portion 13 of the body-plate 9 is provided. From an inspection of the several figures of the drawings, it will be understood that while the shell or member 34 is thus secured in a non-rotatable position, owing to the lengths of the various slots in the wall-portion 532 of the shell or member 21,. the latter shell may be oscillated be el: and forth, such move ment, however, being limited by the position of the tud or post 20 and the slot 25.

Within the said box or easing thus produced by the two shells or members 21 and 34: is suitably secured any desired construotion of easing or box, comprising a main body, as 39, which is provided in its Wallportion 40 with suitably disposed holes or perforations 41, so as to be centered in a fixed position upon the previously mentioned studs or posts 18 and 19. Secured upon said main body 39 is a cover-plate 42, and in the opposite sidewalls 43 are openings, as 4d and 45, in which is movably disposed suitably formed bolt, as 46. A spring 47 is employed for maintaining the operative relation of the said bolt across the chamber of the said lock-casing or box, as will be evident. Furthermore, the said lock-casing or box is provided with a suitable hey-post, as 48, for reception of a key 49 means oit which the said bolt l6 is adapted to be moved back and forth across the said lock-casing or box, so as to be brought into or out of the path of the movement of the previously mentioned'lock-stud or post 28, as will be clearly understood from an inspection of Figures 3, 6, 7, 14c, 15 and 16 of the drawings. As will .be evident from Figures 2, a, and 10 of the draw ings, the said key-post 48 has its respective end-portions rotatably disposed in the previously mentioned perforations or holes 17 and 37, its shank extending into and through an elongated opening or slot 50, as shown in Figure 10, with which the wall portion 22 of the oscillatory shell or member 21 is provided, and that thereby the oscillatory movement of the said shell or member 21, when the bolt 46 has been brought into its unlocked relation with the lock-stud or post 26, will not be interfered with, as will be clearly understood.

Referring now to the modified construction shown in Figures 14, 15 and 16 of the drawings, the lock-construction, in general, is substantially the same as that shown in said Figures 1 to 13 inclusive, except that the arrangement of the elongated opening 25, and the spring 28 and posts 20 and 21,

is reversed from that shown in said last-- mentioned figures, the oscillatory shell or member 21 being formed in its wall-portion 22, in lieu of the slot 25, with an elongated opening or slot 51. and with a post 52. In lieu of the post 20, the wall-portion 13 of the plate 9 is provided with an upwardly extending post'53, which projects through said opening or slot 51, and in lieu of the connecting spring 28, a spring 54: is disposed between and is connected at its ends with the respective posts 52 and 53, so as to serve the same purposes as said spring 28. Instead of the form of plate 30 with its hook-shaped member 31 and rib 32, the

wall-portion 22 of the oscillatory shell or member 21 may beprovided with a hookshaped post, as 55, with which the hasp-lug or loop 8 of the hasp-plate 7 is adapted to be brought into separable holding engagement, as will be fully understood.

The construction and operation of the re-' maining devices and parts of the lock represented in said Figures 14, 15 and 16 being the same as the construction and operation of the devices and parts of the lock illustrated in said Figures 1 to 13 inclusive,

any further description of the same is deemed unnecessary.

Of course, we are fully aware that other changes may be made inv the general arrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the said parts, without departing from the scope of the present invention. as set forth in the foregoing description, and as defined in the clauses of the claims which are appended tothe said specification. Hence, we do not limit our invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as described in said specification,'nor

1. A look comprising a main base plate,

a shell oscillatorily disposed upon said baseplate, a second shell within and having a;

fixed relation to said oscillatory shelhja hasp-loop engaging member upon said oscil-v latory shell, a hasp-plate provided with a 100) ads ted to be brou ht into separable holding engagement with saidhasp-loopre ceiving meii'iher, and a key-operated locking mechanism within said oscillatory shell,'but

having a fixed relation to said shell, for" preventing movement of said shell when f said locking mechanism has been brought.

into a locked condition.

2. A lock comprising a main base-plate, a shell oscillatorily disposed upon said baseplate, a second sliell'within and having a fixed relation to said oscillatory shell, a hasp-loop engaging member upon said oscillatory shell, a hasp-plate provided with a loop adapted to be brought into separable holding engagement with said hasp-loop re ceiving member, a lock-stud withinsaid oscillatory shell, a casing containing a locking mechanism also disposed within said oscillatory shell, but having a fixed relation to said shell, and key-operatedv bolt extending laterally across said casing, said bolt normally having a portion in retaining engagement with said lock-stud to prevent movement ,of the said oscillatoryishell, 1

'3. A lock comprising a main base-plate having a circular depressiom the Wall-portion of said depression'being provided with lug-receiving slots, a cylindrical shell oscillatorily disposed in the'depression of said base-plate, said shell being provided with slots in registration with the slots in said base-plate, theslots of said shellbeing of greater lengths than the slots 01' said'b aseplate, a second cylindrical shell within said oscillatory shell, marginal fastening lugs extending from said second-mentioned shell} through the slots in said oscillatory shell and into and through the slots in said main base-plate for securingv said second-mentioned shell to, said base-plate'and with a fixed relation to and within said oscillatory shell, a' hasp-loop engaging member upon said oscillatory shell, and a hasp-plate'provided with a loop adapted to be brought into separable holding engagement with said hasp-loop receiving member.

1. A look comprising main base-plate having a circular depression, the wall-portion of said depression being provided with lug-receiving slots, a cylindrical shell oscillatorily disposed in the depression of said base-plate, said shell being provided with slots in registration with the slots in said base-plate, the slots of shell being of greater lengths than the slots of said baseplate, a second cylindrical shell within said oscillatory shell, marginal fastening lugs extending from said econd mentioned shell through the slots in said oscillatory shell and into and through the slots in said main base-plate for securing said second-mentioned shell to said base-plate and with a fixed relation to and within said oscillatory shell, a hasp-loop engaging member upon said oscillatory shell, a hasp-plate provided with a loop adapted to be brought into separable holding engagement with said hasploop receiving member, and a key-operated locking mechanism within said oscillatory shell, but having a fined relation to said shell, for preventing movement of said shell when said locking mechanism has been brought into a locked condition.

5; A lock comprising a main base-plate having a circular depression, the wall-portion of said depression being orovided with lug-receiving slots, a cylindrical shell 05- cillatorily disposed in the depression of said base-plate, said shell being provided with slots in registration with the slots in said base-plate, the slots of said shell being of greater lengths than the slots of said baseplate, a second cylindrical shell within said oscillatory shell, marginal fastening lugs extending from said secondanentioned shell through the slots in said oscillatory shell and into and through the slots in said main base-plate for securing said SGCOIHl-ZQDQIP tioned shell to said base-plate and with a fixed relation to and within said oscillatory shell, a hasp-plate provided with a loop adapted to be brought into separable holding engagement with said hasp-loop receiving member, a lock-stud ithin said oscillatory shell, a casing containing a locking mechanism also disposed within said oscil latory shell, but having a fixed relation to said shell, and a key-operated bolt extending laterally across said casing, said bolt normally having a portion in retaining engagement with said lock-stud to prevent movement of the said oscillatory shell.

6. A look comprising a main base-plate having circular depression, the wall-portion of said depression being provided with lug-receiving slots, a cylindrical shell oscillatorily disposed in the depression of said base-plate, said shell being provided with slots in registration with the slots in said base-plate, the slots of said shell being of greater lengths than the slots of said baseplate, a second cylind 'ical. shell within said oscillatory shell, marginal fastening lugs extending from said second-mentioned shell through the slots in said oscillatory shell and into and through the slots in said main base-plate "for securing said second-mentioned shell to said base-plate and with a fixed relation to and within said oscillatory shell, said oscillatory shell being further provided with a post-receiving slot and an upwardly extending post in alinement with said post--receiving slot, a post extending upwardly from said base-plate into and through the post-receiving slot of said 0scillatory shell, coil-spring mounted between and attached at its ends to said posts, a hasp-loop engaging member upon said oscillatory shell, and a hasp-plate provided with a loop adapted to be brought into separable holding engagement with said hasploop receiving member.

7. A loel: comprising a main base-plate having a circular depression, the wall-portion of said depression being provided with lug-receiving slots, a cylindrical shell oscillatorily disposed in the depression of said base-plate, said shell being provided with slots in registration with the slots in said base-plate, the slots of said shell being of greater lengths than the slots of said baseplate, a second cylindrical shell within said oscillatory shell, marginal fastening lugs extending from said second-mentioned shell through the slots in said oscillatory shell and into and through the slots in said main base-plate for securing said second-mentioned shell to said base-plate and with a fixed relation to and within said oscillatory shell, said oscillatory shell being further provided with a post-receiving slot and an upwardly extending post in alinement with said post-receiving slot, a post extending upwardly from said base-plate into and through the post-receiving slot of said oscillatory shell, a coil-spring mounted between and attached at its ends to said posts, a hasp-loop engaging member upon said os-cillatory shell, ahaso-plate provided with a loop adapted to be brought into separable holding engagement with said hasp-loop receiving member, and a key-operated looking mechanism within said oscillatory shell, but having a fixed relation to said shell, for preventing movement of said shell when said locking mechanism has been brought into a locked condition.

8. A lock comprising a main base-plate having a circular depression, the wall-portion of said depression being provided with lig-receiving slots, a cylindrical shell oscillatorily disposed in the depression said base-plate, said shell being provided with slots in registration with the slots in said base-plate, the slots of said shell being of greater lengths than the slots of said baseplate, a second cylindrical shell within said oscillatory shell, marginal fastening lugs extending from said secondsmentioned shell through the slots in said oscillatory shell and into and through the slots in said main baseplate for securing said second-mentioned menses shell to said base-plate and with a fixed relation to and within said oscillatory shell, said oscillatory shell being further provided with apost-receiving slot and an upwardly extending post in alinernent with said post-receiving slot, a post extending upwardly from said base-plate into and through the postreceiving slot of said oscillatory shell, a coilspring mounted between and attached at its ends to said posts, a hasp-loop hug-aging member upon said oscillatory shell, a haspplate provided with a loop adapted to be brought into'separable holding engagement with said has -loop receiving member, lock-stud withln said oscillatory shell, a casing containing a locking mechanism also disposed within said oscillatory shell, but having a fixed relation to said shell, and a key-operated bolt extending laterally across said casing, said bolt normally haying a portion in retaining engagement with said loclrstud to prevent movement of the said oscillatory shell.

9. A look comprising a main base-plate, a shell oscillatorily disposed upon said baseplate, a second shell within and havinga fixed relation to said oscillatory shell, a plate mounted upon said oscillatory shell, a

hook-shaped hasp-loop engaging post upon said plate, a rib extending upwardly from said plate, said rib having a downwardly inclined portion extending toward said hook-shaped post, and a hasp-plate adapted to ride upon said rib and having a loop adapted to be brought into separable holding engagement with said hook-shaped post.

10. A lock comprising a main base-plate, a shell oscillatorily disposed upon said baseplate, a second shell within and having a fixed relation to said oscillatory shell, a r plate mounted upon said oscillatory shell, a

hook-shaped hasp-loop engaging post upon said plate, a rib extending upwardly from inclined portion extending toward said hook-shaped post, a hasp-plate adapted to ride upon said rib and having a loop adapted to be brought into separable holding engagement with said hock-shapedpost, and a key-operated locking mechanism within said oscillatory shell, but having a fixed relation to said shell, for preventing move ment of said shell when said locking mechanism has been brought into a locked condition. 7

11. A lock comprising a main base-plate, a shell oscillatorily disposed upon said base plate, a second shell within and having a fixed relation to said oscillatory shall, a plate mounted upon said oscillatory shell, a hook-shaped hasp-loop engaging post upon said plate, a rib extending upwardly from said plate, said rib having a downwardly inclined portion extending toward said hoolnshaped post, a hasp-plate adapted to ride upon said rib and having a loop adapt ed to be brought into separable holding engagenient with said hook-shaped post, a

lock-stud within said oscillatory shell, a casing containing a locking mechanism also disposed within said oscillatory shell, but having a fixed relation to said shell, and a keyoperated bolt'extending laterally across said casing, said bolt normally having a portion 7 in retaining engagement with said lock-stud to prevent movement of the said oscillatory shell 7 In testimony that we claim the invention set-forth above we have hereunto set our hand this 22nd day of August, 1923.

AUGUST GOERTZY Witnesses:

HERBERT A. Gonn'rz, FRANK G. BENTHIEN.

FREDERICK scams. 7 

